Improvement in vehicle-tops



T. E.'& J. H. HAYES.

Vehicle-Top.

P atented May 7, 1878;

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N. PETERS, PHOm-LITHOGRAPHER. WASNINGT UNITED Srnrns PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE E. HAYES AND JAMES H. HAYES, OF SPRING GREEN, WIS.

IM PROVEMENT IN VEHICLE-TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,450, dated May 7,1878; application filed March 1, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THEODORE E. HAYES and JAMES H. HAYES, of SpringGreen, in

the county of Sauk and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in BuggyTops and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which they appertain to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to buggy-tops; and it consists in theconstruction of the devices for adjusting the buggy-top, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, to which reference is made, and which fullyillustrates this invention, Figure l is a side elevation showing the topopen, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the top closed. Fig. 3 is asection through the knob. 1

A, A and A represent three bows for a buggy-top, hinged and arranged inany of the known and usual ways, and the front and rear gogs A A areconnected by the hinged braces The devices for adjusting the buggy-topconsist of a knob or cylinder, 0, having a hole through its center, andwith a bolt, D, passing through the same. A section of one end of thisbolt is large enough to fill the hole in the cylinder, while the smallerend has screwthreads to receive a thumb-screw, F. Near the outer end ofthe knob or cylinder 0 is a hole made diametrically through it, and alsothrough the bolt D. This hole is to receive a straight brace, I, whichis hinged or pivoted at its lower end, as shown.

The base of the cylinder rests against the bow A, the small end of thebolt D passing through the bow at a point about two feet, more or less,up from the shifting'rail to the inside of the buggy-top, where itreceives the thumb-screw F.

In tipping the top back and forward, the brace will pass through thediameter of the cylinder and bolt, and by tightening the Witnesses:

Enos 0. BRAINERD, CALVIN L. HAYES.

